hummed

英 [hʌmd]

美 [hʌmd]

v. 哼(曲子); 发嗡嗡声; 活跃; 繁忙
hum的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

VERB 发出连续而低沉的声音;发嗡嗡声
If somethinghums, it makes a low continuous noise.
1. The birds sang, the bees hummed...
  鸟儿叫，蜂儿鸣。
2. Within five hours, the equipment will be humming away again...
  用不了5小时，设备就又能嗡嗡地运转了。
3. There was a low humming sound in the sky.
  空中传来一阵低沉的嗡嗡声。
4. Humis also a noun.
5. ...the hum of traffic...
  嘈杂的车流声
6. There was a general hum of conversation around them.
  他们周围的人都在嗡嗡地低声交谈。
VERB 哼（曲子）
When youhuma tune, you sing it with your lips closed.
1. She was humming a merry little tune...
  她哼着一支欢快的小曲儿。
2. He hummed to himself as he opened the trunk.
  他独自哼着曲子打开了车子的后备箱。
VERB (地方）热闹，活跃，繁忙
If you say that a placehums, you mean that it is full of activity.
1. The place is really beginning to hum...
  这个地方真正开始热闹起来了。
2. On Saturday morning, the town hums with activity and life.
  周六早晨，小镇一派热闹繁忙，活力盎然。
CONVENTION （踌躇时发出的声音）嗯，呃
Humis sometimes used to represent the sound people make when they are not sure what to say.
1. Hum, I am sorry but I thought you were French.
  嗯，很抱歉，我以为你是法国人。
See also:ho hum

He hummed and hawed for quite a while before he uttered a few words of comfort.
他吭哧了好一会才说出几句安慰话。
Troy Cooper?@ it hummed.
卓伊？库珀？那只蜻蜓哼到。
He hummed and hawed for a while, but failed to come up with a convincing argument.
他吭哧了半天，也没有说出个子午卯酉。
The taxi hummed in the road, motor idling, meter ticking over.
那辆出租车在路上嗡嗡地响着，发动机空转着，里程表空走着。
He coughed and hummed in a self-important way.
他煞有介事地清清喉咙，哼起了小调。
He hummed and hawed, giving no definite reply.
他闪烁其词，不做肯定答复。
He started the car, which hummed smoothly
他发动了汽车，车发出平稳的嗡嗡声。
Philips, the Dutch electronics giant, is developing a prototype system designed to recognize hummed versions of songs.
荷兰电子巨擘飞利浦正在开发一套原型系统，可以辨识哼唱的歌曲。
Today it was no longer empty, and all the castle hummed with rumor.
今天，这里不再是空无一人的地方，而城堡里开始散播着小声的传言。
He tapped his feet, hummed tunes and jiggled about
他脚下打着拍子，嘴里哼着调子，身子晃来晃去的。